Mike:
Car racing is much better than horse racing!
As far as never racing your car: an autox event is not at all that bad for your car: in my opinion, it's like a week's worth of wear and tear of commuting. The NNJR PCA does a very safe event: usually, the worst case in an out of control situation is a car will hit an innocent cone!
The typical courses are set up so you get into 2nd gear and stay there the whole way through, although there have been a couple of events that included straights that 'required' third gear. (It's the 3 to 2 downshift that is difficult to master!)
Hope to see you there!
-Zoltan.
** Disclaimer: my apologies to you people who are sick of me promoting autocross... **
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[This message has been edited by Z-man (edited 10-09-2001).]